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Posts tagged with 'archives' at MetaFilter.Mon, 23 May 2016 16:56:02 -0800Mon, 23 May 2016 16:56:02 -0800en-ushttp://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss60The Museum of Obsolete Mediahttp://www.metafilter.com/159835/The%2DMuseum%2Dof%2DObsolete%2DMedia
<a href="http://www.obsoletemedia.org/">Your guide</a> to nearly every <a href="http://www.obsoletemedia.org/audio/">audio</a>, <a href="http://www.obsoletemedia.org/video/">video</a>, <a href="http://www.obsoletemedia.org/film/">film</a>, and <a href="http://www.obsoletemedia.org/data/">data</a> media format that's ever existed. Or, browse formats <a href="http://www.obsoletemedia.org/obsolescence-decade/">in order of the decade they became "obsolete"</a> - arguably, anyway. [<a href="https://www.metafilter.com/107536/2010-Digg">Previously.</a>] tag:metafilter.com,2016:site.159835Mon, 23 May 2016 16:56:02 -0800nightrecordingsEmily Dickinson's Cannabis Planthttp://www.metafilter.com/159577/Emily%2DDickinsons%2DCannabis%2DPlant
<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2016/05/13/science/the-poets-own-collection/s/17DICKINSoN-slide-8HIC.html?action=click&amp;contentCollection=science&amp;contentPlacement=5&amp;module=stream_unit&amp;pgtype=sectionfr">...is but one of over 400 plants held in the poet's digitally-accessible herbaria [NYT slideshow]</a> "<em>Her first <a href="https://nyamcenterforhistory.org/2016/04/28/how-many-stamens-has-your-flower-the-botanical-education-of-emily-dickinson/">assembled collection</a> was not, as one might expect, a collection of writing, but a collection of [pressed] plant specimens</em>." The collection is available for digital access through <a href="http://hcl.harvard.edu/libraries/houghton/collections/modern/dickinson.cfm">Harvard's Houghton Library</a>: "<em>The digital edition <a href="http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_vault/2013/06/04/emily_dickinson_her_collection_of_botanical_speciments.html">also notes corrected identifications when Dickinson got the plants' names wrong</a>. That wasn't an uncommon occurrence. Fair enough—she was only 14</em>." <a href="http://www.cannabisculture.com/content/2015/01/23/emilys-garden">Cannabis Culture has its own set of opinions</a> about 14 year old Emily's herbaria: "<em>It's quite possible that she was content with her life of seclusion because she was having daily mystical experiences, aided by psychotropic plants she grew in her garden, or found in the woods</em>." tag:metafilter.com,2016:site.159577Sun, 15 May 2016 10:36:43 -0800nightrecordingsQueer Theatre at La MaMa (1962-1980)http://www.metafilter.com/159195/Queer%2DTheatre%2Dat%2DLa%2DMaMa%2D1962%2D1980
<a href="https://pushcartcatalog.wordpress.com/exhibits/history-of-queer-theatre/">Queer Theatre at La MaMa</a> (1962-1980): <em>This exhibit, which was created by Pooja Desai, a student in NYU's Program in Archives/Public history, looks at theatrical experiments from La MaMa's early years (1962-1980) through a queer lens. Using objects from La MaMa's Archives, Desai reconstructs a history of the plays, production companies, playwrights, and directors who presented work on La MaMa's stages that either reflected a "queer sensibility" or were relevant to queer/trans/LGBTQA audiences.</em> tag:metafilter.com,2016:site.159195Tue, 03 May 2016 15:55:41 -0800roomthreeseventeenManly Healthhttp://www.metafilter.com/159031/Manly%2DHealth
<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/30/books/walt-whitman-promoted-a-paleo-diet-who-knew.html?smprod=nytcore-iphone&amp;smid=nytcore-iphone-share&amp;_r=0">Diet and fitness advice from Walt Whitman.</a> (SLNYT) tag:metafilter.com,2016:site.159031Fri, 29 Apr 2016 11:51:16 -0800MikoRecycle Nixon. Stop Kissing Pig Ass.http://www.metafilter.com/158432/Recycle%2DNixon%2DStop%2DKissing%2DPig%2DAss
The University of British Columbia <a href="https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/berkpost">hosts</a> an <a href="https://open.library.ubc.ca/search?q=*&p=0&sort=5&view=0&circle=n&dBegin=&dEnd=&c=4&collection=berkpost">online collection of 250 anti-war and other posters from the Berkeley student movement</a>, dating between 1968 and 1970. The interface is a little slow and old-school but the content is excellent. Some favourites: <a href="https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/berkpost/items/1.0001609">Bring the War Home</a>. <a href="https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/berkpost/items/1.0001240">America is Devouring its Children</a>. <a href="https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/berkpost/items/1.0001210">Don't Mourn, Organize</a>. <a href="https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/berkpost/items/1.0001543">Radicalize the Cops</a>. <a href="https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/berkpost/items/1.0001412">Security is a Silent Majority</a>. Related <a href="http://www.metafilter.com/74186/Political-Ephemera-from-the-Vietnam-War-Era">1</a>, <a href="http://www.metafilter.com/151831/The-Revolution-Has-Been-Digitized">2</a>, <a href="http://www.metafilter.com/26702/Art-for-a-Change">3</a>, <a href="http://www.metafilter.com/77919/History-of-War-and-Peace-Collection">4</a>. tag:metafilter.com,2016:site.158432Thu, 07 Apr 2016 13:27:13 -0800RumpleBob Dylan's Secret Archivehttp://www.metafilter.com/157577/Bob%2DDylans%2DSecret%2DArchive
<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/06/arts/music/bob-dylans-secret-archive.html">The George Kaiser Family Foundation and the University of Tulsa have acquired a huge trove of documents, tapes, and film from Bob Dylan.</a> The (NYTimes) article describes many of the goodies. tag:metafilter.com,2016:site.157577Wed, 02 Mar 2016 08:47:20 -0800OmieWiseEvery society has to answer for its morguehttp://www.metafilter.com/157315/Every%2Dsociety%2Dhas%2Dto%2Danswer%2Dfor%2Dits%2Dmorgue
<a href="https://csidixie.org/">CSI: Dixie</a> &mdash; a digital history project of coroners' inquests from South Carolina during the 1800s. <blockquote>If we must make do with the records we have, we don't have to make do with the archives we have. We can build our own archives -- alternative archives like CSI:D -- an archive of the unfortunate, the murdered, and the suicidal. The point is not to expose for the sake of exposure. We do not reproduce crimes; we work to 'solve' them by owning them and answering for them. In this, we cannot be self-righteous. As historians, we keep the dead's judgments against the living, and the living's judgments against the dead. We are mere clerks in the reckoning, the process that comes between truth and reconciliation.</blockquote>
<a href="http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_vault/2016/02/19/history_of_the_19th_century_south_digitized_coroners_reports_tell_stories.html"><em>Slate</em> piece by Rebecca Onion</a> about the project, which is led by historian Stephen Berry. tag:metafilter.com,2016:site.157315Sun, 21 Feb 2016 09:12:23 -0800metaquarryImperial History and Film Culturehttp://www.metafilter.com/156965/Imperial%2DHistory%2Dand%2DFilm%2DCulture
Having fallen down<a href="http://imperialglobalexeter.com/2016/01/18/imperial-history-and-film-culture/"> the rabbit hole</a> of British <a href="http://cinemastandrews.org.uk/archive/colonial-cinema/">colonial cinema history</a>, I thought to share some of the wonderful <a href="http://www.colonialfilm.org.uk/node/475">discoveries</a> with you. tag:metafilter.com,2016:site.156965Tue, 09 Feb 2016 01:24:31 -0800infini#ColorOurCollectionshttp://www.metafilter.com/156732/ColorOurCollections
<blockquote>"Led by The New York Academy of Medicine, the <a href="http://nyamcenterforhistory.org/2016/01/06/colorourcollections-february-1-5/">Color Our Collections</a> event invites you to download images from library and cultural institution collections, color them, and share them on social media using the event hashtag #ColorOurCollections."</blockquote>
To start with, check out the natural history offerings from the <a href="http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/collection/ColorOurCollections">Biodiversity Heritage Library</a> and the medieval offerings from the <a href="http://oupacademic.tumblr.com/post/138310199305/bodleian-library-wants-you-to-color-their">University of Oxford's Bodleian Library</a>. <a href="http://nyamcenterforhistory.org/2016/01/06/colorourcollections-february-1-5/">The New York Academy of Medicine, inspired in part by a recent twitter exchange with the Biodiversity Heritage Library</a>, is starting a week-long special collections coloring fest on social media from February 1-5, using the hashtag #ColorOurCollections.
"There is so much great coloring content in special collections, especially when looking at early illustrated books meant to be colored by hand."
Aside from the <a href="http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/collection/ColorOurCollections">Biodiversity Heritage Library</a> and the <a href="http://oupacademic.tumblr.com/post/138310199305/bodleian-library-wants-you-to-color-their">Bodleian Library</a>, some current participants are:
*<a href="http://library.si.edu/event/colorourcollections-coloring-event">Smithsonian Libraries</a> (links to PDF coloring book)
*<a href="http://www.ohsu.edu/xd/education/library/about/collections/historical-collections-archives/lecture-series/color-our-collections.cfm">OHSU | Oregon Health and Science University Historical Collections &amp; Archives</a> (links to PDF coloring book)
*<a href="http://blogs.nybg.org/plant-talk/2016/01/from-the-library/color-our-collections-in-the-mertz-libr">NY Botanical Garden</a> (links to <a href="https://drive.google.com/a/yocwr.ca/file/d/0B8O7MTiZdDjnTk1PTlRjMU1PcTQ/view">PDF coloring book</a> from the Mertz Library)
*<a href="https://twitter.com/StrathArchives/status/692706267790467073">Archives and Special Collections, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland</a> (links to PDF coloring book)
*<a href="http://library.missouri.edu/scriptamanent/2016/01/29/color-our-collections/">University of Missouri Special Collections &amp; Archives</a> (links to PDF coloring book - "...a selection of materials from our collections including fifteenth- and sixteenth-century woodcuts, early medical and scientific engravings, Art Nouveau illustrations, and more")
*<a href="http://dittrickmuseumblog.com/2016/01/20/color-our-collections-history-takes-a-new-shade/">Dittrick Museum at CRWU</a> (links to PDF coloring book)
*<a href="https://www.instagram.com/historicscranton/">Historic Scranton</a> (two images up on their Instagram so far)
*<a href="http://blogs.baylor.edu/armstrongbrowning/2016/01/27/color-our-collections/">The Armstrong Browning Library &amp; Museum</a> (links to curated images provided from "the world's largest collection of (Robert) Browning material &amp; fine art")
And don't forget to check out some upcoming participants:
*<a href="http://sites.jmu.edu/specialcollections/colorourcollections-february-1-5/">James Madison University Special Collections</a> ("Here at JMU Special Collections, we've spent the last few weeks scouring our collections for unique and fun images to digitize and make available for #ColorOurCollections week. We found the majority of the images within rare books in our Juvenile collection, including a 1910 illustrated copy of Alice in Wonderland...")
*<a href="http://www.continuum.umn.edu/2016/01/color-our-collection">University of Minnesota Bio-Medical Library</a> (the Wangensteen Historical Library will share a page a day from their rare book collection)
*<a href="https://twitter.com/MHS1791/status/692793405747957760">Massachusetts Historical Society</a> (is preparing a PDF coloring book)
*<a href="https://isuspecialcollections.wordpress.com/2016/01/28/coloring-craze-hits-the-archives/">Iowa State University Archives</a> (will share images during the week)
*<a href="https://twitter.com/Europeanaeu/status/693085566590697472">Europeana</a> (will post a coloring book)
There is a <a href="https://twitter.com/NYAMHistory/lists/colorourcollections/members">Twitter list of all #ColorOurCollections participants</a> so far, as well. tag:metafilter.com,2016:site.156732Sat, 30 Jan 2016 22:38:20 -0800flexNewly Discovered 1964 MLK Speechhttp://www.metafilter.com/156357/Newly%2DDiscovered%2D1964%2DMLK%2DSpeech
<a href="http://www.democracynow.org/2016/1/18/newly_discovered_1964_mlk_speech_on">Newly Discovered 1964 MLK Speech on Civil Rights, Segregation & Apartheid South Africa</a> This recording was made by Pacifica Radio's European correspondent Saul Bernstein while Dr. King was in London, days before recieving the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo. Then it was left uncatalogued in Pacifica Radio's archives for some 50 years before <a href="http://www.democracynow.org/2015/1/19/the_lost_dr_martin_luther_king">being found</a> by the archive's director, Brian DeShazor. tag:metafilter.com,2016:site.156357Mon, 18 Jan 2016 11:33:14 -08003urypterisThe Preservation Of A Nationhttp://www.metafilter.com/156252/The%2DPreservation%2DOf%2DA%2DNation
Robbie Judkins visits Tanzania <a href="http://thequietus.com/articles/19513-tanzanian-heritage-project">to witness first hand the attempt to save a quarter of a century of musical history</a> from oblivion. <a href="https://www.mixcloud.com/the_Quietus/tanzania-heritage-project-mix-by-robbie-judkins-for-the-quietus/">Listen to an exclusive mix</a> of tracks newly digitized by the Tanzania Heritage Project tag:metafilter.com,2016:site.156252Wed, 13 Jan 2016 20:45:30 -0800infiniMaking the history of 1989http://www.metafilter.com/155816/Making%2Dthe%2Dhistory%2Dof%2D1989
The night that the Berlin Wall collapsed was certainly one of the most dramatic moments in the cascading events of 1989, events that brought the era of Communist rule in Eastern Europe to a close. <a href="https://chnm.gmu.edu/1989/">What follows is an examination of the intersecting developments that led to the collapse of the Communist regimes in 1989.</a> Throughout Eastern Europe, the decade of the 1980s was a time of significant change, including the everyday lives of average citizens. <a href="https://chnm.gmu.edu/1989/exhibits/consumerism-in-poland/essay">This case study</a> looks at visual representations of consumer culture in Poland in an effort to examine the larger role that consumer goods played in the daily lives of those who lived in Eastern Europe.
Using oral histories, <a href="https://chnm.gmu.edu/1989/exhibits/oral-histories/essay">this case study</a> explores various aspects of women's daily lives in Communist Romania and women's attitudes toward the changes wrought by the transformation to a pluralist system and to a market economy after the collapse of the regime in December 1989.
<a href="https://chnm.gmu.edu/1989/exhibits/restructuring/essay">Surnames and Nationality</a>
By <a href="https://chnm.gmu.edu/1989/exhibits/humor-as-resistance/essay">analyzing jokes from the German Democratic Republic</a> (East Germany) we can see how people sought to create their own sense of freedom.
Although China is located quite far from Eastern Europe, dissidents in Eastern Europe identified with the struggles by opposition leaders in China and <a href="https://chnm.gmu.edu/1989/exhibits/stamps/essay">used images of the 1989 Tiananmen Square uprising to reinforce memories of resistance</a> in Eastern Europe.
These <a href="https://chnm.gmu.edu/1989/primarysources">primary sources</a> are drawn from the emergence of resistance movements in the 1980s, the events of 1989, and the immediate aftermath in Eastern Europe. tag:metafilter.com,2015:site.155816Thu, 24 Dec 2015 12:57:10 -0800infiniAbandon hopehttp://www.metafilter.com/155588/Abandon%2Dhope
<a href="http://imperialglobalexeter.com/2015/03/23/12-digital-research-suggestions-for-dissertations-on-the-history-of-modern-britain-the-british-empire/">12 Digital Research Suggestions on the History of Modern Britain & the British Empire</a> tag:metafilter.com,2015:site.155588Wed, 16 Dec 2015 06:21:23 -0800infiniTreasure chesthttp://www.metafilter.com/154473/Treasure%2Dchest
Scholars are beginning to examine <a href="http://news.yale.edu/2015/11/05/postal-piggybank-17th-century-sheds-light-culture-time">an unprecedented collection of European correspondence</a> from the late 17th and early 18th centuries--<a href="http://www.brienne.org/">a chest belonging to a Dutch postmaster</a> which contains some 2600 undelivered letters, 600 of which have never been opened. tag:metafilter.com,2015:site.154473Thu, 05 Nov 2015 11:21:34 -0800Horace Rumpolefolksongs should not be buried in librarieshttp://www.metafilter.com/153955/folksongs%2Dshould%2Dnot%2Dbe%2Dburied%2Din%2Dlibraries
<a href="http://lomaxky.omeka.net/">The Lomax Kentucky Recordings</a> These are documentary sound recordings of rural Kentucky music and lore collected under the auspices of the <a href="https://archive.org/details/lomaxky">Archive</a> of <a href="http://www.loc.gov/folklife/guide/folkmusicandsong.html">American Folk Song</a> at the Library of Congress between 1933 and 1942 by <a href="http://www.culturalequity.org/centennial/index.php">Alan Lomax (100)</a>. Performed by farmers, <a href="http://lomaxky.omeka.net/exhibits/show/artistprofiles/petesteele">laborers</a>, coal miners, preachers, <a href="http://lomaxky.omeka.net/exhibits/show/artistprofiles/auntmollyjackson">housewives</a>, public officials, <a href="http://lomaxky.omeka.net/exhibits/show/artistprofiles/fortthomas">soldiers</a>, <a href="http://lomaxky.omeka.net/exhibits/show/artistprofiles/wilson">grandparents,</a> adolescents, and itinerant <a href="http://lomaxky.omeka.net/exhibits/show/artistprofiles/americanfolksongfestival">musicians</a>, they present a full spectrum of traditional expressive culture from twelve of <a href="http://lomaxky.omeka.net/exhibits/show/counties/bell">Eastern Kentucky's mountain counties</a>: <a href="http://lomaxky.omeka.net/items/show/1158">ballads and lyric songs</a>,<a href="http://lomaxky.omeka.net/exhibits/show/artistprofiles/item/892"> play-party ditties</a> and <a href="https://archive.org/details/afc1937001_1509A2">NSFW comic pieces</a>, <a href="http://lomaxky.omeka.net/items/show/136">topical and protest material</a>, fiddle and banjo tunes (<a href="https://archive.org/details/afc1937001_1569A3">some with racist titles</a>), <a href="http://lomaxky.omeka.net/items/show/1192">hymns and sacred songs</a>, <a href="http://lomaxky.omeka.net/items/browse?search=froggie&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=&range=&collection=&type=&tags=&featured=&geolocation-address=&geolocation-latitude=&geolocation-longitude=&geolocation-radius=10&exhibit=&contributed=&submit_search=Search+for+items">children's games and lullabies</a>, and a variety of spoken lore—<a href="http://lomaxky.omeka.net/items/browse?tag=spoken">religious testimonies, occupational reminiscences, tall tales, jokes, and family and personal narratives</a>. They are free to download, and <a href="http://lomaxky.omeka.net/contribution">welcome Biographical input.</a>
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Bonus: In case you thought this kind of music is no longer relevant, here's Amythyst Kiah performing "<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovzdZLXWnIg">Darling Cora</a>". tag:metafilter.com,2015:site.153955Mon, 19 Oct 2015 08:20:19 -0800Potomac AvenueYou can't count on the web, okay?http://www.metafilter.com/153872/You%2Dcant%2Dcount%2Don%2Dthe%2Dweb%2Dokay
<a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2015/10/raiders-of-the-lost-web/409210/">The web, as it appears at any one moment, is a phantasmagoria. It's not a place in any reliable sense of the word. It is not a repository.</a> The promise of the web is that Alexandria's library might be resurrected for the modern world. But today's great library is being destroyed even as it is being built. Until you lose something big on the Internet, something truly valuable, this paradox can be difficult to understand. tag:metafilter.com,2015:site.153872Thu, 15 Oct 2015 14:39:42 -0800pjernRemembering Bobbi Campbellhttp://www.metafilter.com/151956/Remembering%2DBobbi%2DCampbell
Thirty two years ago this weekend, Bobbi Campbell and his partner, Bobby Hilliard appeared on the cover of <em><a href="http://thestarryeye.typepad.com/gay/2012/08/the-issue-of-newsweek-that-hit-newsstands-on-august-2-1983-cover-date-of-august-8-was-notable-not-because-of-its-aids-cov.html">Newsweek</a></em> magazine, most notable because the two men, embracing, were living with AIDS. Bobbi Campbell was the 16th person in San Francisco diagnosed with Kaposi's sarcoma in San Francisco in October of 1981. "<a href="http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/811663_2">By December</a>, he started writing articles in the San Francisco Sentinel, a local gay newspaper, about his experience of what was then often called "gay cancer." He put pictures of his KS lesions in the window of a Castro District pharmacy, urging men with similar lesions to seek medical attention." Bobbi became known as the <a href="https://bloggingbalkanistan.wordpress.com/2011/01/29/remembering-bobbi-campbell/">"KS Poster Boy."</a>
Campbell appeared on <em><a href="http://www.glbthistory.org/gaybackmachine/randyalfred.html">The Gay Life</a></em> radio series four times [link is to the search engine to play the interviews], and in 1984 <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9uceO78lHs">spoke at the National March for Lesbian and Gay Rights which preceded the Democratic National Convention</a> at Moscone Center. His <a href="http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt2w1024fw/">diaries</a>, which run from July 1983 through February of 1984, can be found at UC, San Francisco. Campbell died on August 15, 1984 at the age of 32. tag:metafilter.com,2015:site.151956Sun, 09 Aug 2015 08:43:16 -0800roomthreeseventeenDictionary of Medieval Names from European Sourceshttp://www.metafilter.com/151792/Dictionary%2Dof%2DMedieval%2DNames%2Dfrom%2DEuropean%2DSources
The <em><a href="http://dmnes.org/">Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources</a></em> aims to document all given names recorded in European sources written between 600 and 1600. tag:metafilter.com,2015:site.151792Mon, 03 Aug 2015 15:15:20 -0800escabeche"She was a wife of Kalaiopuu, the chief when Lono [Captain Cook] came"http://www.metafilter.com/151646/She%2Dwas%2Da%2Dwife%2Dof%2DKalaiopuu%2Dthe%2Dchief%2Dwhen%2DLono%2DCaptain%2DCook%2Dcame
<a href="http://nupepa-hawaii.com">nupepa</a> : Another place to talk about Hawaiian-Language Newspapers. A few selected highlights: <a href="http://nupepa-hawaii.com/2015/07/25/duke-kahanamoku-to-hollywood-1936/">Duke Kahanamoku Off to Hollywood, 1936</a> -- <a href="http://nupepa-hawaii.com/2015/07/19/more-bats-found-1905/">More bats found, 1905</a> -- <a href="http://nupepa-hawaii.com/2015/07/09/names-of-the-stevedores-who-participate-in-queen-liliuokalanis-funeral-1917/">Names of the stevedores who participated in Queen Liliuokalani's funeral, 1917</a> -- <a href="http://nupepa-hawaii.com/2012/03/27/the-hawaiian-flag-a-closeup-1862/">The Beautiful Flag of Hawaii / Let it forever wave</a> -- <a href="http://nupepa-hawaii.com/2013/03/27/hei-cats-cradle-hawaiian-style-1916/">Hei, cat's cradle, Hawaiian style, 1916</a> -- <a href="http://nupepa-hawaii.com/2015/04/18/on-eating-stones-1894/">On eating stones, 1894</a> -- <a href="http://nupepa-hawaii.com/2012/01/16/woah-this-is-some-story-hawaiian-living-abroad-comes-home-to-visit-after-38-years-1915/">Did Not Forget His Mother Tongue</a> tag:metafilter.com,2015:site.151646Wed, 29 Jul 2015 06:40:24 -0800No-sword239 issues of trailblazing feminismhttp://www.metafilter.com/150002/239%2Dissues%2Dof%2Dtrailblazing%2Dfeminism
<a href="https://journalarchives.jisc.ac.uk/britishlibrary/sparerib">The British Library has put every issue of Spare Rib in their digital journal archive, with full access, for free.</a> <blockquote><em>Few titles sum up an era and a movement like Spare Rib. When the first issue came out in July 1972, many women were starting to question their position and role in society. The magazine was an active part of the emerging women's liberation movement. It challenged the stereotyping and exploitation of women in what was the first national magazine of its kind. It supported collective, realistic solutions to the hurdles women faced and reached out to women from all backgrounds. Spare Rib became the debating chamber of feminism in the UK. It continued until January 1993 and the full archive of 239 magazines provides a valuable insight into women's lives and this period of feminist activity.</em></blockquote> tag:metafilter.com,2015:site.150002Thu, 28 May 2015 13:23:12 -0800ShepherdThey don't get why someone would care about old photos.http://www.metafilter.com/148881/They%2Ddont%2Dget%2Dwhy%2Dsomeone%2Dwould%2Dcare%2Dabout%2Dold%2Dphotos
<a href="http://www.minnpost.com/media/2015/04/strange-saga-john-rogers-man-who-bought-star-tribunes-vintage-photo-archive">The strange saga of John Rogers, the man who bought the Star Tribune's vintage photo archive</a> <blockquote><i>The thought that big-city newspapers like the Star Tribune and Pioneer Press here in Minnesota — and others in Chicago, Detroit and Denver </i>(and <a href="http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11432643">72 New Zealand newspapers</a>)<i> — were willing to hand over (for a nice price) one of their (and their community's) most valuable historical archives to a character like Rogers is startling in itself, and may explain why so little has been said about the deal.</i></blockquote> tag:metafilter.com,2015:site.148881Thu, 16 Apr 2015 08:40:42 -0800jillithd"Words are all we have." ― Samuel Becketthttp://www.metafilter.com/146131/Words%2Dare%2Dall%2Dwe%2Dhave%2DSamuel%2DBeckett
<a href="http://omeka.wustl.edu/omeka/exhibits/show/mlc50">"Modern Literature Collection: The First 50 Years:</a> is a digital exhibit to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Modern Literature Collection (MLC), part of the Special Collections in the Washington University Libraries. The digital exhibit is a companion to the onsite exhibit in Olin Library, on display November 2014 – March 2015, and contains everything available onsite, and much more. We hope that through these digitized materials you will enjoy exploring the history of the MLC, as well as the rich contents of some of the writers' archives." "The work of forty-six writers, all but two of whom were then currently living, was reflected in the initial Modern Literature Collection. Today, the Collection's list has grown to more than 175 authors, presses, and journals, with more than 125 of these represented by manuscript materials."
A sampling of what is available:
<a href="http://omeka.wustl.edu/omeka/exhibits/show/mlc50/samuel-beckett/item/9148">Galley proof of Watt by Samuel Beckett.</a>
<a href="http://omeka.wustl.edu/omeka/exhibits/show/mlc50/ted-hughes-and-sylvia-plath/item/8848">Autograph card, signed from Sylvia Plath to Olwyn Hughes, circa December 1959.</a>
<a href="http://omeka.wustl.edu/omeka/exhibits/show/mlc50/william-gaddis/item/9745">Autograph chapter outline and notes toward The Recognitions by William Gaddis.</a>
<a href="http://omeka.wustl.edu/omeka/exhibits/show/mlc50/isabella-gardner/item/8491">Autograph draft of "When a Warlock Dies" by Isabella Gardner. Gardner's tribute to the late poet Dylan Thomas.</a> tag:metafilter.com,2015:site.146131Wed, 14 Jan 2015 18:24:18 -0800FizzThat Letter Will Go On Your Permanent Recordhttp://www.metafilter.com/145081/That%2DLetter%2DWill%2DGo%2DOn%2DYour%2DPermanent%2DRecord
If you ever wrote a letter to Neil Armstrong it's probably now archived at <a href="https://www.lib.purdue.edu/spcol">Purdue University</a>. The first man on the moon<a href="http://www.jconline.com/story/opinion/columnists/dave-bangert/2014/12/05/dear-neil-armstrong-fan-mail/19917881/"> saved over 70,000 pieces of personal correspondence</a>, and that probably includes that letter you wrote in late July 1969 when you were in the 2nd grade. tag:metafilter.com,2014:site.145081Fri, 05 Dec 2014 09:17:27 -0800CODStar Trek Fact Checkhttp://www.metafilter.com/143560/Star%2DTrek%2DFact%2DCheck
Sifting through decades of publications, oral history and archival records, Michael Kmet <a href="http://startrekfactcheck.blogspot.com/">sets the record straight</a> on numerous aspects Star Trek: TOS production history lore. Was "Spock's Brain" originally conceived as a <a href="http://startrekfactcheck.blogspot.com/2013/09/that-darned-brain.html">comedy</a> episode? Did Roddenberry write the lyrics to the theme song as a <a href="http://startrekfactcheck.blogspot.com/2014/04/while-he-wanders-his-galaxy-gene.html">cash grab</a>? Which of the Mercury Seven did Roddenberry try to get as <a href="http://startrekfactcheck.blogspot.com/2013/12/the-reluctant-astronauts.html">guest stars</a>? The blog also offers glimpses into early <a href="http://startrekfactcheck.blogspot.com/2014/04/unseen-trek-star-trek-stories-by-gene.html">story pitches</a> that fizzled as well as detailed <a href="http://startrekfactcheck.blogspot.com/2013/10/writing-private-little-war-star-treks.html">look</a> at the writing of Star Trek's Vietnam allegory episode "A Private Little War." tag:metafilter.com,2014:site.143560Mon, 13 Oct 2014 07:31:57 -0800audi alteram partemThe Vietnam Center and Archivehttp://www.metafilter.com/140464/The%2DVietnam%2DCenter%2Dand%2DArchive
<a href="http://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/">The Texas Tech Vietnam Center and Archive</a> "collects and preserves the documentary record of the Vietnam War, and supports and encourages research and education regarding all aspects of the American Vietnam Experience." It includes vast sections of digitized material, including <a href="http://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/resources/collections/audio.php?page=2">audio</a>, <a href="http://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/resources/collections/movingimages.php?page=1">video</a>, <a href="http://www.virtualarchive.vietnam.ttu.edu/starweb/virtual/maps/servlet.starweb#?">maps</a>, as well as all manner of documents. The archives are searchable--for example, here are <a href="http://www.virtual.vietnam.ttu.edu/cgi-bin/starfetch.exe?OtjclyC4qyq4WRdNH.QkXirUfdxPCZAy@INNTbH.RF3mVj@K2rH5nRT11d873paAhhm5uk2Fl17Pu7Rup8aXKA6v3iEB1L.Zo0MPNo6GJGk/18700205001.pdf">materials related to Medal of Honor winner Dwight Johnson</a>, who survived combat in Vietnam only do die violently in his hometown of Detroit when attempting to rob a convenience store. He was on leave from a hospital where he was being given psychiatric care.
<a href="http://www.virtualarchive.vietnam.ttu.edu/starweb/virtual/virtual/servlet.starweb?path=virtual/virtual/av.web&search1=038VI0254">Jungle Doctor</a>, a recounting of an Army physician's treatment of Vietnamese civilians.
<a href="http://www.virtual.vietnam.ttu.edu/cgi-bin/starfetch.exe?KWdEMU.BAp6H6MaorwI@YKSU1ECvCeZ9noHJZblveDHAYu9B4cPuEICOG9E7XLWQ9Tc@C7zvRIIqQWS3@NxMEbyCJ0CMejzVHlSuxkHEVjA/1010104007.pdf">
Two Veterans Recount Their Roles in My Lai</a>. tag:metafilter.com,2014:site.140464Wed, 02 Jul 2014 21:51:02 -0800MoonOrb